Combined spectacle-case and pencil-holder.



Patented Mar. 20, I900.

No. 645,8l4.

E. MON. JOHNSON.

COMBINED SPEOTAOLE CASE AND PENCIL HOLDER.

(Application filed Jan. 11, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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EVANDER MON. JOHNSON, OF MAN-LY, NORTH CAROLINA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,814, dated March 20, 1900.

Application filed January 11, 1900. Serial No. 1,110. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EVANDER MON. JOHN- SON, a citizen of .the United States, residing at Manly, in the county of Moore and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Spectacle-Case and Pencil-Holder and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a combined spectacle-case and pencil-holder.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable, and inexpensive device of this character adapted to be attached to the garment of a person to prevent its accidental displacement and which shall be of such construction as to serve the double function of holding a pair of spectacles and a pencil.

To this end the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view. r

In the drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts of the invention.

1 denotes the spectacle-case, which may be of the usual or well-known construction. To the back of the case is secured a flexible strip 2 to form a loop 3 to receive a vertically-disposed thin metal strip 4, provided with eyes 5 at its ends, with which are engaged fastening devices 6 for securing the device in place to the garment of the user. These fastening devices may be in the form of safety-pins, as shown.

7 denotes the pencil-holder, which comprises two transversely-arranged metal strips 8, the outer ends of which are curved or hooked and bear against the side of the spectacle-case. The inner ends are transversely slitted, and the metal between the slits is sprung up to form loops 9, through which the upper and lower ends of the vertical metal strip are passed. After the ends of the vertical strip are passed through these loops and bent to form the eyes 5 their extremities are doubled upon the body portion of the strip and passed through the loops 9.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of myimproved combined spectacle-case and pencil-holder will be readily apparent without requiring an extended explanation.

It will be seen that the device is simple of construction, that said construction permits of-its manufacture at small cost, and that it is exceedingly well adapted for the purpose for which it is designed.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention. 7

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-' The combination with a spectacle-case having a vertically-disposed loop formed on its rear side; of a metallic strip seated in said loop and having its ends formed with eyes, fastening means engaged with said eyes, and transversely disposed strips having loops struck up from their body portions through which the ends of the vertical strip project, and having their outer ends formed with alined spring-hooks to receive and support a pencil, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

E. MON.- JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

VITRUVIUS ROYSTER, M. B. BUSBEE. 

